Growing up, I was
never really a kid that knew what I wanted to do when I grew up. In high school, I was intrigued with
biology. It’s not that I was fascinated
with cells and DNA, but I was really interested in how living things work and
function. In my final year in high
school I sat wishing that I had a good Biology teacher that fully helped me
understand these things I was interested in.
I decided at that point in time that I wanted to be a biology teacher. I wanted to see my students understand the
properties of life and carry on a conversation about them with someone
else. These were things that in high
school I couldn’t do, so I wanted to be that good biology teacher that I never
had. Today, I am still trying to perfect
my craft. However, I get very happy when
I see my students understand something and can explain it to their fellow
classmates. For example, today we
dissected the squid. For weeks, I tried
my best for the students to understand the parts of the squid and their
functions. When it finally became time
to dissect this organism, I was truly surprised. It seemed as if the students became ‘experts’
on the topic of the squid and were able to identify the parts of the internal
anatomy of the squid, even though none of them have ever seen the inside of the
squid before. This is something that
made me very proud. Corey and Corey
(2010) state that work values are very important in your job (pg. 287). Your work values are something that you hope
to accomplish in your job, and in days like today, I am glad that I am
attaining the values in my job that I strive for.
I was very interested
in the personality types and choosing a career portion of the text (pg.
288). I did agree with the fact that
people are attracted to a certain career because of certain personality
traits. So I went ahead and took the
test. However, my outcome was no surprise
to me. I almost have none of the traits
in the realistic, investigative, and artistic categories. In the social category, I almost checked
every single characteristic. Tied for
second place was enterprising and the conventional category. One thing that I was particularly happy to
see was that the field of education and the counseling career were two lines of
work that were found in the social type category.
Lastly, I firmly
believe that recreation is a very important aspect to anyone’s life. For myself, it is easy for me to balance my
recreation with my work because I am not married or have a family. Each day I make sure that I set aside time to
clear my mind and do what I really love to do.
Since thanksgiving, I have been on a pretty strict workout routine where
every day I either do cardio or weight/resistance training; sometimes I even do
both. By doing these activities, I not
only feel better about myself, but I am energized. This energy then can overflow to the next day
when I go to work. I firmly believe that
this is one reason why I usually feel good at work. Some advice that I would give to anyone is to
find something that you love to do, and do it every day or as much as you
can. You will be glad that you did!
Corey, G., & Corey, M.S. (2010). I never knew I had
a choice: Explorations in personal
growth (9th ed.). Belmont,
California: Thompson Brooks/Cole. ISBN: 9780495602293.
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